Bento Gonçalves reveals to Garibaldi that, at her father’s wish, Manuela is engaged to Joaquim. Garibaldi assures Manuela that he’s going to get her uncle to change his mind. Bento Gonçalves tells Maria that Garibaldi really loves her daughter. Luigi suggests to Garibaldi that he give up his sweetheart.
Manuela tells Joaquim that she prefers to remain single than to marry him. Garibaldi and Manuela decide to play along with the idea that they agreed to accept the situation. Rosário tells Corte Real that she’s never going to forgive him if she were to learn that he killed Estevão.
Mariana becomes disillusioned when she sees Netto and Beata making love in Beata’s hut. Perpétua tells Pedro that she’d like to spend her life in a convent. Garibaldi assures Antônia that Manuela won’t belong to anyone but him. Perpétua kisses a stranger before so much as exchanging a word with him.
Caetana introduces the new neighbors, Inácio and his wife, to Perpétua. Perpétua is shocked to recognize the man she kissed.